Archaeology

(starts) A new tiny precursor of the dinosaurs has been unearthed by scientists excavating rocks on...

(starts) A scrap of papyrus left on a museum shelf for a hundred years has been found to be a page...

(starts) A rare fragment of a poem by Ancient Roman scholar Virgil has been discovered scratched on...

(starts) The 4,000-year-old bodies of two prehistoric men have been identified as among the world's...

(starts) A huge, previously unknown Mayan city with massive pyramid-like structures has been...

(starts) A pointy-headed ancient Mayan death god dating back up to 1,800 years has been unearthed at...

(starts) A rare 3,000-year-old sword described as 'magical' after it still looked like new after...

(starts) Stange stones found by Mexican villagers by a river have turned out to be the remains of a...

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(starts) The Malaysian authorities are questioning the crew of a Chinese vessel accused of looting...